As a newly married couple, you started out thinking “You and me against the world, babe.” So where did it go wrong? Why did you wake up one morning sitting on opposite sides of the bench when you started out on the same side that celebrated day? It didn’t happen overnight. It happened in small ...
A Husband for Our Own Good: Christian Wife 101
We know what we want in a man when we’re young. Yet, we don’t have a clue what we need. An all-consuming fantasy fills our minds of what this man will do for us. He’ll rescue us from boredom, vanquish our loneliness, and whisk us weightless in his arms toward that multicolor sunset. He’ll be the key ...
A Help Meet Like No Other: Christian Wife 101
Have you struggled as a wife looking at that proverbial glass’s vacant half without disdain? It’s a flaw I carried into my marriage and—whoa—did it clash with my husband’s chipper view. He’d be blessed wading in the half he chose to see while I tried to show him all that was missing. Despite his ...
When Expectations Rule Your Heart: Christian Wife 101
Expectations are stern taskmasters, aren’t they? Demanding we dream big if we want to be happy and then dragging us down when things don't work out. In marriage, expectations require special days and special gifts and ramped-up hopes of spending romantic time with your husband, but 93.7% of the ...
What Warrior Wives Do: Christian Wife 101
Have you ever noticed, dear wife, the moment you're determined to put more effort into your marriage—not complain the next time your plans get derailed, hold your tongue when your next conversation turns tense, extend grace to your mess-maker of a man the next time he spills beer on the couch or ...